Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF): If you need to get to Mumbai from Delhi and you arrive quickly, then the best option is by plane. Have you ever wondered how the plane runs on fuel and how many kilometers it takes on one liter of fuel? It is not easy to answer how high the mileage consumption of an airplane is per liter.
The main reason this is difficult to answer is because of the definition of “average passenger aircraft”. Another reason this is difficult to answer is that fuel economy varies widely depending on the prevailing conditions. Such as the weight of the aircraft, the altitude of the aircraft and the weather conditions, etc.
If you want to calculate the mileage of an airplane in km/l, the speed that makes sense is the ground speed. A B737 typically burns 20 liters of fuel per minute per engine. That means both engines burn 40 liters of fuel per minute. The speed is usually around 900 km/h. Calculated in this way, 2400 liters of fuel are consumed per hour. Distance traveled in one hour = 900 km. This means that 2.6 liters of fuel are burned per km, or in other words, the mileage is 384 kmpl. This type of flight has a capacity of 189 passengers. Just looking at fuel economy at altitude is a bit misleading. Airplanes consume a lot of fuel during the take-off phase, on the contrary, the engines consume less fuel when landing.
Jet fuel is called Aircraft Turbine Fuel (ATF). Based on the type of their engine in the planes, it would be decided what type of fuel would be used in them. In general, two types of fuel are used in these aircraft. These fuels are jet fuel and avigas. Jet fuel is used to power jet engines. At the same time, Avigas is used to power engine pistons in small turboprop aircraft.
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